HyperDic: khyber_pass

English > 1 sense of the expression Khyber Pass:
NOUNobjectKhyber Passa mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan
English > Khyber Pass: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India.
Instance ofpass, mountain pass, notchThe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
Part ofAfghanistan, Islamic State of AfghanistanA mountainous landlocked country in central Asia
Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush MountainsA mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West PakistanA Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley
CatalanPas de Khyber

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